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just the opposite of president obama as the president of the united states. bill clinton gave a good speech and had a record to run on in 1996. president obama doesn't. he has a lousy record, so it's all about speeches and rhetoric. we'll hear a great speech tonight. tomorrow morning, 8% unemployment. the independent voter will say i want to change. >> governor bob mcdonnell, thank you. >> thank you. >>> we have new jobs numbers just in. christine, good morning. >> good morning to you. this just in to "starting point." 365,000 unemployment claims were filed for the first time last week. that's down 12,000 from the week before. that's according to the labor department. this is a positive surprise before what is expected to be an aneemic jobs report tomorrow. economists think the economy grew by 120,000 new jobs in august. in honor of the are you better off than four years ago storyline of the week, let's flash back to four years ago. in september of 2008, lehman collapsed and the economy was shrinking at a rate of 3.7%. in that month, the economy lost 432,000
just the opposite of president obama as the president of the united states. bill clinton gave a good speech and had a record to run on in 1996. president obama doesn't. he has a lousy record, so it's all about speeches and rhetoric. we'll hear a great speech tonight. tomorrow morning, 8% unemployment. the independent voter will say i want to change. >> governor bob mcdonnell, thank you. >> thank you. >>> we have new jobs numbers just in. christine, good morning. >>...
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our position and the united states position are almost identical. we have to continue talking to see what we can do to prevent the iranians from achieving a nuclear bomb. >> almost identical. interesting. n netanyahu warns it will be too late if something isn't done. i should add mitt romney will speak to netanyahu as well. >>> thoses who family members were killed in the theater will have until today to visit. the theater should reopen around the end of the year. >>> another morning at the new york jfk busy airport but busy yesterday. a bomb scare called for one terminal to be evacuated and they foulednd a grenade-type it. the passenger told them the item was fake and it was advocated anyway and turned out it was a paper weight. >>> and a trivia question on who wants to be a millionaire. take a look. >> what tv personality has been named one of the top 100 irish americans and also a member of the national association of hispanic journalists? erin burnett, soledad o'brien, neil ca vut t-cavuto, rachel maddow. >> i said i wouldn't guess. top 100 iris
our position and the united states position are almost identical. we have to continue talking to see what we can do to prevent the iranians from achieving a nuclear bomb. >> almost identical. interesting. n netanyahu warns it will be too late if something isn't done. i should add mitt romney will speak to netanyahu as well. >>> thoses who family members were killed in the theater will have until today to visit. the theater should reopen around the end of the year. >>>...
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he was born in haiti then moved to the united states as a child where he formed the successful band the fujis. he ran for the presidency of haiti. he's got a new memoir out that talks about haiti, talks about his superstar success called purpose, an immigrant story. and wyclef jean is with us this morning. nice to have you. >> thank you, thank you. >> so let's talk a little bit about why your memoir now? was there something that triggered it? because a lot of the stories you tell are from your childhood? why now? >> because i was going to write seven books, and the first one i wanted to start after i was 40, so i've been jotting things around ever since i got on tour. social media, just wanted to get into who was wyclef jean, because the name actually was more famous than the guy. so i felt like it was time. >> this is book number one. but you want to write seven? >> yes. >> how did you pick that? >> what are the rest of them about? >> my second book is going to be a political spoof. second one w they tried to j. edgar hoover me, my presidential run and how they said i didn't have a fiv
he was born in haiti then moved to the united states as a child where he formed the successful band the fujis. he ran for the presidency of haiti. he's got a new memoir out that talks about haiti, talks about his superstar success called purpose, an immigrant story. and wyclef jean is with us this morning. nice to have you. >> thank you, thank you. >> so let's talk a little bit about why your memoir now? was there something that triggered it? because a lot of the stories you tell...
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can the united states do anything to counter the outrage? we're going to talk to congressman peter king right at the top of the hour. >>> the boy scouts hit with an explosive expose. a new report on the perversion files. claims they covered up suspected child molesters for decades. details on that on "starting point." back in a moment. ♪ ♪ that should do it. enjoy your new shower. [ door opens, closes ] a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. i i had pain in my abdomen...g. it just wouldn't go away. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reaso
can the united states do anything to counter the outrage? we're going to talk to congressman peter king right at the top of the hour. >>> the boy scouts hit with an explosive expose. a new report on the perversion files. claims they covered up suspected child molesters for decades. details on that on "starting point." back in a moment. ♪ ♪ that should do it. enjoy your new shower. [ door opens, closes ] a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if...
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i want to play a little piece of it. >> since our founding, the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> let me state very clearly, and i hope it is obvious, that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content, and message. >> so tease are obviously just strung together press conferences that they're trying to give a message. those who think that the president's been on an apology tour in the middle east have said the apology tour continues. my question for you, though, is what's the strategy behind that? i mean, does that kind of thing work? >> well, i think for some it doesn't work. look, there are groups in pakistan, in afghanistan, in the middle east, all over, who are looking for reasons to get a group together to protest and to build up their public support. it's a power game for many people. they will find something else if they don't find this particular video. they'll find something else on the internet or some cartoon now in a
i want to play a little piece of it. >> since our founding, the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. >> let me state very clearly, and i hope it is obvious, that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content, and message. >> so tease are obviously just strung together press conferences that they're trying to give a message....
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and israel should know that the united states has its back as the president has said and the united states will do what it must do to stop iran. but let the united states make that decision, not some preimposed red line. i think that makes sense for america. >> president obama on " 6/0 minutes" on sunday said this. let's play a clip. >> and it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people. and i am going to block out any noise that is out there. >> some have interpreted that he is calling calls by benjamin netanyahu noise. do you think that that's true, do you think that's fair? >> i don't know if he was referring to the united states and israel. we're in there together. we have an identical interest in stopping iranians. i just think it was a mistake for president obama netanyahu during an election season to try to force the united states to make a statement before b when we would go to war. that's the most serious decision an american president could make and we surely want any american president, whether it's pres
and israel should know that the united states has its back as the president has said and the united states will do what it must do to stop iran. but let the united states make that decision, not some preimposed red line. i think that makes sense for america. >> president obama on " 6/0 minutes" on sunday said this. let's play a clip. >> and it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people. and i am...
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the united states will bring justice to those who harm americans, and the united states wi stand strongly for our democratic values abroad. >> senator john barrasso is a republican from wyoming. he supports mitt romney's presidential campaign. he's also a member of the senate foreign relations committee. also joining us this morning, elise labott, cnn's former affairs reporter. nice to have you both with us. we'll start with you, senator. you wrote an op-ed in politico and you listed what you thought were three critical things that the president had to hit on when he gives his speech before the general assembly today. can you lay out for me what you think he needs to say? >> the first thing he is needs to acknowledge that the war on terror continues. look at what you discovered from cnn, the private journals of chris stevens. who said, a number of things. this was not about a video. he was being targeted by al qaeda. he said al qaeda was growing in libya. he said there was a rise in islamic extremism in that area. there truly is terrorism that continues. this is not because of a video. nu
the united states will bring justice to those who harm americans, and the united states wi stand strongly for our democratic values abroad. >> senator john barrasso is a republican from wyoming. he supports mitt romney's presidential campaign. he's also a member of the senate foreign relations committee. also joining us this morning, elise labott, cnn's former affairs reporter. nice to have you both with us. we'll start with you, senator. you wrote an op-ed in politico and you listed what...
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the united states government? >> well, it is hard for people in that part of the world, it seems, to grasp the fact that something published on the internet, put out on the internet, is approved by the united states government. obviously it is not. that's the whole point of the internet, is that it has the freedom and people to do this. but in the age of modern communications, these things are going to happen, and it's going to require the leaders in that part of the world to educate their people about the distinction between individual acts that can be condemned, the messages in them, and the acts of government. government can't prevent this sort of thing, as long as we believe in free speech, and that's something that is hard, obviously, in that part of the world, to understand. >> -- being lost because we've heard all the sound bites from the president, from washington, from the state department, very much so, vehemently condemning what happened. yet the message somewhere between the u.s. and egypt, it's not be
the united states government? >> well, it is hard for people in that part of the world, it seems, to grasp the fact that something published on the internet, put out on the internet, is approved by the united states government. obviously it is not. that's the whole point of the internet, is that it has the freedom and people to do this. but in the age of modern communications, these things are going to happen, and it's going to require the leaders in that part of the world to educate...
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and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott is with us. what can we expect from ahmadinejad today? will he tone it down or go out as fiery as he always does? >> i think he's going to double down, up the ante, and hear more of the same. previous years he's talked about american officials being responsible for 9/11, talking about that the holocaust never exists. i think he's very sidelined at home. not very strong right now. i think he'd like to use the world stage as a bullying pulpit, if you will, and then when he talks about this new world order, it has a lot of resonance in some of the countries that do feel like the united states and the western countries, the permanent members of the security council, call all the shots. so while he says a lot of things that are, rhetoric that's very fiery, at the same time, he does have an audience, he's not just speaking for himself. >> people have been asking to tone it down, ban ki-moon -- >> ban ki-moon, u.n. secretary-general said, listen,
and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott is with us. what can we expect from ahmadinejad today? will he tone it down or go out as fiery as he always does? >> i think he's going to double down, up the ante, and hear more of the same. previous years he's talked about american officials being responsible for 9/11, talking about that the holocaust never exists. i think he's very...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ goodbye [ flushing ] ♪ [ both ] ♪ na, na... [ woman ] ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye [ male announcer ] with kohler's powerful, high-efficiency toilets. flush. and done. [ all ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye >>> welcome back to "starting point." we start with john berman with an update on stories making news. >> good morning. as many as 132 inmates have escaped from a prison through a tunnel in northern mexico setting off a massive search along the border near eagle pass, texas. mexican authorities are blocking all roads leading to the u.s. >>> the coast guard is searching off the coast of florida after a 21-year-old woman went overboard during a cruise headed for the bahamas. the ca
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illinois senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the united states senate, is here with us. good morning, senator. good to see you. >> i'm buying that guy's pizza. >> yeah, no kidding. under any circumstances. senator, thank you for being with us. this convention bounce, let's just talk about this for a second. gallup has a daily tracking poll and it shows that the choice for president obama right now is 49%, versus last tuesday, which is 47%. mitt romney has gone from 46% down to 44%. a two-point switch over to president obama. is that a convention bounce or is it something else? >> well, i think it could be partially the convention. somewhat the economic news. it's been a positive experience. you know, some of the speeches there, michelle's speech i think was the most-watched speech as of that point from both conventions. and then bill clinton's speech, which for many of us who are political animals, was a tour de force for the whole campaign to end on a positive, forward thrust. and the president hit it out of the park. so we felt it was a great convention. very little di
illinois senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the united states senate, is here with us. good morning, senator. good to see you. >> i'm buying that guy's pizza. >> yeah, no kidding. under any circumstances. senator, thank you for being with us. this convention bounce, let's just talk about this for a second. gallup has a daily tracking poll and it shows that the choice for president obama right now is 49%, versus last tuesday, which is 47%. mitt romney has gone from 46%...
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states must make a priority of helping reduce demand in this country. >> the united states can focus on drug treatment and prevention. >> absolutely. i agree with that. >> reporter: if anyone should know, it's judge giselle pollack. she presides over drug court in broward county, florida. the idea, get clean, you may not a perfect record. pollack says drug courts ought to be a priority for the candidates, because they reduce drug dependency and save taxpayers millions. &she's g and she's got the numbers to back it up. a study showed pollack's court saved the county as much as $30 million a year over a five-year period. basically, the difference in the cost of treatment and counseling versus incarceration. >> if we can keep them out of the critical justice system at this level, then we will save billions and billions in prison costs. >> reporter: for the white house, it's a multi-layered approach. focus on education and prevention, treat drugs and addiction as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice concern. law enforcement continues choking off the supply. this year, the f
states must make a priority of helping reduce demand in this country. >> the united states can focus on drug treatment and prevention. >> absolutely. i agree with that. >> reporter: if anyone should know, it's judge giselle pollack. she presides over drug court in broward county, florida. the idea, get clean, you may not a perfect record. pollack says drug courts ought to be a priority for the candidates, because they reduce drug dependency and save taxpayers millions....
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. >> successfully prevented an attack on the united states capitol. i am particularly thankful to them because on that fateful day i was at the u.s. capitol. their example continues to inspire and to strengthen our nation. >> in the next half hour, "starting point" will be joined by former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. that live and current new york mayor michael bloomberg all live on "starting point." >> also this morning this dispute that had stalled for quite some time the construction of the 9/11 museum at ground zero appears to be settled this morning. just last night new york governor andrew cuomo, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, and new jersey governor chris christie struck this deal so construction of the $700 million museum which was supposed to open in 2009, is expected to resume very soon. no date has been set yet for that opening. >>> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula suffers a major blow. yemen's military has killed the second in command there. abu said al shihri. he was responsible for improvement and fund-raising. local offi
. >> successfully prevented an attack on the united states capitol. i am particularly thankful to them because on that fateful day i was at the u.s. capitol. their example continues to inspire and to strengthen our nation. >> in the next half hour, "starting point" will be joined by former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. that live and current new york mayor michael bloomberg all live on "starting point." >> also this morning this dispute that had stalled...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units ross the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> welcome back to "starting point" i'm christine romans. world markets are falling after a weak manufacturing report from china showing china's factories slowed for an 11th month in a row. >>> mutual fund managers say the stock market rally is over. 58% of fund managers surveyed by bank of america, merrill lynch in september, say stocks are the most overvalued investments in the world. that's up from 51% in a survey in august. >>> 6 million americans will pay penalties under obama's health care law for not having health insurance. that's 2 million more than previous estimates. that's according to a new report from the congressional budget office and the joint committee on taxation. of course, those fines and penalties, soledad, begin in the year 2014, and sta
i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units ross the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> welcome back to "starting point" i'm christine romans. world markets are falling after a weak manufacturing report from china showing china's...
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. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indif visible, with liberty and justice for all. >> judy chu of california is a friend of gabby gifford and also at the speech last night. nice to have you this morning. let's talk first -- i thought that was such a high point, so emotional. you couldn't watch that and not be moved by the progress she's made and her determination to get up there and recite the pledge of allegiance. tell me how she's doing and how that came to be. >> people gasped when she came out. it was incredible to see her and see her struggle but per severe in getting out on the stage was so inspirational. she is doing so well. >> she wanted to do the pledge of allegiance i'd heard because doing something that required more ad-libbing might be more of a challenge for her. >> exactly. she went ahead and did it and put that hand up even though it was difficult and able to complete it. >> let's talk about the speech overall. do you think that speech resonated with your constituents in
. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indif visible, with liberty and justice for all. >> judy chu of california is a friend of gabby gifford and also at the speech last night. nice to have you this morning. let's talk first -- i thought that was such a high point, so emotional. you couldn't watch that and not be moved by the progress she's made and her determination to get up there and...